Frank Large's Black Book

Probably no worse than Radio 5sh*te with the calibre of pundit(?) they now have on, just wanting to provoke a reaction to boost their own egos. I'm looking at you, Sutton.

Christian Fuchs is relishing his role back in the Leicester side and praised manager Brendan Rodgers. The defender made just eight starts in the Premier League last season after losing his place to Ben Chilwell. Chilwell was sold to Chelsea for £50million but now Fuchs has been called on by his manager this season and performed admirably. The 34-year-old joined Tuesday’s talkSPORT Breakfast and discussed his revitalised role with Leicester top of the Premier League. “A lot of good things going on, obviously. Brendan Rodgers found a good way to compensate with all the injuries we had and it’s simply down to the very good work we do overall. “It’s about communication. As soon as he came in, he made me understand what my role is and I knew that I’m not the oldest yet but I’m not the youngest and it was the time for Ben Chilwell. “He told me ‘you will be my back up if needed and I know I can rely on you’. “I love Leicester City. I went through the highest highs and the lowest lows and have really connected with the club. “I’m always here whenever I’m needed and whatever I’m needed for. He knows that and appreciates that.” Fuchs was part of the famed Leicester team that won the Premier League title against all the odds in 2016 under Claudio Ranieri. Rodgers has got the team back to the top level and are possible title challengers against. When asked about how the two managers compare, Fuchs said: “It’s hard to compare. What both did or are doing well is the man management part. These days it’s one of the most important parts to understand your players. “That you understand your players’ personal life and might have private issues sometimes but if you understand that and you then get on top of that and get your players to buy in then you are on the winning streak. Brendan Rodgers has done that. “In the 2015/16 season everything was off the charts. There was a time when I was pumped to give even more. I was on a yellow card suspension, not that I’m a nasty player but sometimes I just need to kick some people.” Fuchs was also asked about teammate Jamie Vardy who remains one of the best strikers in the Premier League. Vardy has already scored eight goals in seven games this season and the defender said it was his relentless pace defences struggle to deal with. He said: “Pace kills the defence. You cannot deal with pace for 90 minutes. You can adjust your game to a versatile player or a player who is good at dribbling but pace you cannot control 100 per cent. “That’s what Jamie Vardy has shown for years now that he’s a threat when it comes to counter attacks. When he breaks the lines, he’s undefendable.” Leicester sit top of the Premier League and have already beaten Manchester City and Arsenal, but face a tough test against an injury-hit Liverpool on Sunday. Fuchs added: “With the system we play, I think we are frustrating those teams where they say we don’t want to participate in the game but we are controlling it from the defence. “You can control the game with the ball and without the ball. If you force the opponent to open up then you have the players to expose them, and it’s shown twice now, it’s all about the pace that we have up front, which is very hard to defend.” https://talksport.com/football/791045/christian-fuchs-leicester-brendan-rodgers-claudio-ranieri-jamie-vardy/

So, he's going to be tapped up by teams that don't want him or need him😄 Just joshing chaps, you use perfectly reasoned arguments which only goes to prove I wouldn't like the job of any of the our management team. Only in a heartbeat

Hmmm, not sure about that. Given that most everyone agrees that Southgate has a big club bias then wouldn't that make him want a move? Playing for their country can only increase the confidence of our players - and it is a confidence sport

From "This is Anfield"........ Last season, the Reds beat the Foxes at Anfield courtesy of a super late penalty from James Milner, with the two teams almost ending up in a scuffle at full-time when Ayoze Perez acted a petulant moron and caused a mini riot. Marks, get set, go

At the risk of blowing my own argument out of the water.......... Could one of our more savvy members tell us whether the European elite clubs are using the 5 subs they are allowed

Jimbo and davieG had it right earlier........... It's about those teams with a squad of 25 internationals being able to change half their team at once - and with it their whole game plan - if they find the opposition have sussed them. You can't do that with three subs B*gger all to do with owt else - just gaining an advantage over the upstarts who threaten their elitist group.

Was I the only one who was expecting.........

Maybe so, but so are the others who are placed in the ex players thread. Or are you saying all ex players are relevent, but some are more relevant than others.

Why does chillwell keep his own thread - put it in the ex players thread please. Not interested in him any more. He's the opposition

Good business by Alvechurch. Even we normally wait a year or two before selling on for a big profit

See new thread

Perhaps they got the Old Big 6 mixed up with the New Big 6. Yes I know.............just let me off tonight please

Good one Hamza. But if it's just ordinary abuse (sorry I meant honest opinions) you want then you are welcome on here recently.

Sorry bmt - couldn't help it. I cringe more at many other things such as apostrophes - though not, I hasten to add, literally. Just put me down as old school. Or maybe just old Keep smiling.

Permanent transfer to Fulham in July after being on loan. Don't know if it was literally though.

Yes, Spurs are one of the biggest clubs in the country - AT THE MOMENT. The point for them and others is that success is cyclical and is a combination of stability, money and luck. The Big 2 have had it in spades with their managers but it only takes a wobble and they can fall. Ole plus the Glazers having money problems at the same time would spell trouble in the same way that us lesser clubs have suffered. Who would have thought 30 years ago that Newcastle would be in the state they are in? Let's be honest, if wasn't for Busby, there wouldn't have been a Fergie. I am sick of the protectionism that FIFA, Uefa, the FA, EPL and EPL continue to espouse - whilst dressing it up as good for the game. It isn't - IT'S JUST GOOD FOR THEM. FFP was a good idea - but it was taken over by the clubs' self interest and has spawned potential super leagues, and now we have this pigs' breakfast. It's a disgrace, and I hope that the other EPL teams will have long memories - and in the vernacular that MU and LFC will, in the long term, have p*ssed on their chips

What, this Rick Parry? Surely not Rick Parry is the current chairman of the EFL, the former chief executive of Liverpool, the original CEO of the Premier League and a board member at New York Cosmos

Well I reckon that changing the voting principle is a fairly important thing. And I'm not whinging about unjust rules, I don't like rules that are changed after the competition has started

But but but ....................you seem to accept that there is a problem that needs fixing. That is entirely different to a power grab

Swapping parachute payments for 25% merely dilutes the money and makes it less likely a different team can get into the EPL

How do we judge what is a big team? I guess from your reply that it is historical ie two teams that have managed to keep their international support going through thick and thin - the big 2. I would dispute that the likes of Spurs, Man City, Arsenal and Chelsea would be a great loss to international fans. These fans would find another team to follow - as Leicester discovered when suddenly we had lots of such fans, and just as suddenly lost them. Support of a team that is not in your blood is fickle to say the least. Those 4 teams would however judge themselves to be "Big" so it would be interesting if they have the same view about the loss of those two teams as the aspiring teams such as Leicester, Everton, Leeds, etc etc etc. - some of which meet more criteria to be Permanent Members. Success is transient and cyclical to all teams (including the big two) - and this proposal just copies the efforts of fallen giants in Europe to ring fence their decades old success and ignores their consistent failures since. Sadly the whole structure is corrupt but what we do have by this ill-timed and ill-thought proposal is for a line to be drawn in the sand by the rest of the EPL. I'm not going to re-iterate the same arguments about money and timing (Man City/Chelsea). Just tell Liverpool and Man U to do one and stop tugging your forelocks to them.

Would it though? No stupid transfer fees from man U agreed. TV fees reduced on next sale agreed but bigger % for everyone else.

Proposal for next EPL meeting: "We have no confidence that Manchester utd and Liverpool are acting in the best interest of football and therefore propose that they either be removed or relegated to the EFL."

What an Irresponsible Act It would be far more responsible in these times not to have 10 people coming round. That way we can all get to matches sooner rather than later.